John Robert Sitlington Sterrett Explained

John Robert Sitlington Sterrett (1851 in Rockbridge Baths, Virginia^[1] —June 15, 1914)^[2] was an American classical scholar and archeologist. He was Professor of Greek at Cornell University from 1901. He was known for his expeditions, to present-day Turkey and other places in the Near East.^[3] Some of his work was illustrated by photographers by John Henry Haynes. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1908.^[4]

Notes

1. https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica02marq/page/1081/mode/2up Sterrett, John Robert Sitlington
2. https://ecommons.cornell.edu/bitstream/handle/1813/19088/Sterrett_John_Robert_Sitlington_1914.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y Cornell Faculty Memorial Statement
3. http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/cdhist.htm History of Collection
4. Web site: APS Member History . 2023-12-22 . search.amphilsoc.org.

External links

• • The J. R. Sitlington Sterrett Collection of Archaeological Photographs, Cornell Collections of Antiquities
• John Robert Sitlington and Josephine Quarrier Sterrett Family Papers at the Amherst College Archives & Special Collections